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Episode 229: Polling for Changes

Rails Casts - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 03:00
If you have frequently changing data on the server side, it's helpful to automatically display this to the user as well. Here I show how to accomplish this with polling in jQuery.

Episode 228: Sortable Table Columns

Rails Casts - Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:00
Here I walk you through adding the ability to sort table columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the header.

Episode 227: Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 03:00
Here we finish up this upgrade series by removing all deprecation warnings and fixing some problems in the view.

Episode 226: Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 2

Rails Casts - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 03:00
Here we continue upgrading an application to Rails 3 by getting our specs up and running and going through the rails_upgrade plugin.

Episode 225: Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 1

Rails Casts - Mon, 08/02/2010 - 03:00
In the first part of this series on upgrading a Rails 2 application to Rails 3, we'll start off by setting up Rails 3.0 Release Candidate in a clean environment. The rails_upgrade plugin will then help us determine what needs upgrading.

Episode 224: Controllers in Rails 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 03:00
Embedded flash notices, permanent cookies, and the details of respond_with are in this episode.

Episode 223: Charts

Rails Casts - Mon, 07/19/2010 - 03:00
There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app.

Episode 222: Rack in Rails 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 07/12/2010 - 03:00
The router in Rails 3 is fully compatible with Rack. Learn how to embed Sinatra into an app, handle redirects, and improve on Rails Metal.

Episode 221: Subdomains in Rails 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 07/05/2010 - 03:00
It is now possible to add subdomains to Rails 3 without the use of additional plugins. Learn how in this episode.

Episode 220: PDFKit

Rails Casts - Mon, 06/28/2010 - 03:00
Generating PDFs in plain Ruby can be a lot of work. Instead, consider generating PDFs from HTML using PDFKit.

Episode 219: Active Model

Rails Casts - Mon, 06/21/2010 - 03:00
In Rails 3 the non-database functionality of Active Record is extracted out into Active Model. This allows you to cleanly add validations and other features to tableless models.

Episode 218: Making Generators in Rails 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 06/14/2010 - 03:00
Generators in Rails 3 have been rewritten to use Thor which means the code used to create a generator is quite different. Here you will learn the new way to make generators in Rails 3.

Episode 217: Multistep Forms

Rails Casts - Mon, 06/07/2010 - 03:00
See how to create a multistep (wizard) form from scratch in this episode.

Episode 216: Generators in Rails 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 05/31/2010 - 03:00
Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences.

Episode 215: Advanced Queries in Rails 3

Rails Casts - Mon, 05/24/2010 - 03:00
Learn some advanced techniques regarding named scopes and get an introduction to Arel in this episode.

Episode 214: A/B Testing with A/Bingo

Rails Casts - Mon, 05/17/2010 - 03:00
A/B Testing (or Split Testing) is a way to experiment with variations in an application to see the most effective option.
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